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warez

(wɛəz; ˈwɛrɛz; ˈwarɛz)
n
(Computer Science) informal illegally copied computer software which has had its protection codes de-activated
[C20: possibly from (soft)ware and influenced by the anglicized pronunciation of Juarez, a Mexican city known for smuggling]
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In April, she created the group "Seattle Warez Kiddies" on the site Meetup -- the month after prosecutors say she began hacking Capital One.
It currently has access to over 400 million content, which can be referred to as warez, torrent and various file-hosting sites at large.
For that purpose, users usually depend on warez sites or peer-to-peer (P2P) networks[17].
(16.) Eric Goldman, Comment, A Road to No Warez: The No Electronic
[section][section] 101, 506 (2010); LYDIA PALLAS LOREN & JOSEPH SCOTT Miller, Intellectual Property Law: Cases & Materials 746-47 (2014); Eric Goldman, A Road to No Warez: The No Electronic Theft Act and Criminal Copyright Infringement, 82 Or.
See, e.g., Eric Goldman, A Road to No Warez: The No Electronic Theft Act and Criminal Copyright Enforcement, 82 Or.
This study sheds light on the historical background of the contemporary "warez scene" (see Rehn, 2004).
eBookGuardDog.com is a service company that specializes in ebook content removal from unauthorized download sites including warez and torrent sites.
15 -- Halo 4, the most anticipated AAA title for the XBOX 360, has found its way to WAREZ sites and torrents just a few weeks shy of the official launch.
(85) There can be little question that the emergence and rapid deployment of peer-to-peer platforms, darknets, (86) warez sites, (87) leech sites, (88) cyberlockers, (89) and other means (90) to distribute copyrighted content without authorization have dramatically changed the creative ecosystems.

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